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Guess who's calling herself a feminist? I'll give you a hint: she doesn't read much but cooks a mean moose chili, and while she isn't a big fan of hopey changey stuff, she has been known to engage in such enlightened chants as "Drill, baby, drill." (Though she's been conspicuously quiet on that subject as of late.) Oh, and she's super-mavericky, too.
Yeah, her. Sarah Palin's taken to calling herself a feminist (never mind the fact that, during the 2008 Presidential campaign she told Katie Couric that, no, she was not a feminist)–and many other self-described feminists are none too thrilled about it.
And, frankly, I'm terrifically torn. Yes, a part of me believes that a part of the reason young women are so reluctant to call themselves feminists is because, at times, the movement has seemed been exclusionary. Elitist. Historically, such charges aren't entirely unfounded. I have even argued that, to my mind, Feminism can be boiled down to the simple idea that women are people.
So why aren't I jumping up and down, welcoming a woman from the other side of the aisle to the party? Well, just being a woman isn't enough. And being a woman who's championed causes antithetical to the interests of women as a whole certainly seems like an adequate deal-breaker, doesn't it?
The ultimate irony may be in the event at which Palin dropped the F-bomb (upwards of ten times) itself: It was a speech given to the Susan B. Anthony list, an anti-choice group. During the speech, she said the suffragettes were the real feminists (disregarding all that's come since–you know, like the women who fought to pry open the doors through which Palin walked to get where she is today)–and that they were pro-life. She went on to disparage pro-choice feminists, suggesting that, by championing a woman's right to choose, they're really saying they just don't believe women can handle motherhood and work, and
send this message, that 'Nope, you're not capable of doing both. You can't give your child life and still pursue career and education. You're not strong enough; you're not capable.' So it's very hypocritical.
Implicit in such a statement is, of course, the idea that that woman who's capable of doing both will have the benefit of enough support from the social structures around her to make it possible to do both–an argument that's tough to make, given, you know, the ERA that was never passed, the fact that we're still underpaid and underrepresented, not to mention the issues of inadequate, unaffordable child care and–until recently–health care (reform of which Palin feverishly campaigned against).
But back to Palin and her F-bombs. Jessica Valenti, who made a compelling argument that Palin's feminism is not feminism at all, but rather disingenuous pandering for women's votes come midterm time, lays it out thus:
A related strategy for Palin and fellow conservatives is to paint actual feminists as condescending hypocrites who simply don't believe in young women… Palin's "pro-woman sisterhood," however, "is telling these young women that they're strong enough and smart enough, they are capable to be able to handle an unintended pregnancy and still be able to… handle that [and] give that child life." (Unless of course, these young women were unlucky enough to live in Alaska when then-Gov. Palin cut funding for an Anchorage shelter for teenage moms.)
Ahem, who you callin a hypocrite, Sarah?
But then, just when you're ready to banish her from the kingdom forever, there's this, from Meghan Daum at the L.A. Times.
The word in question, of course, is "feminist." It may be the most polarizing label on the sociopolitical stage (it makes "environmentalist" or even "gay-rights advocate" seem downright banal), but Palin seems to have stopped dancing around it and finally claimed it as her partner. Granted, this is a conditional relationship; there's a qualifier here as big as Alaska…
Now, there are a lot of ways in which [Palin's] logic is contorted, not least of all the suggestion that supporting the right to choose represents a no-confidence vote for the idea of mothers leading fulfilling professional and personal lives. But putting that aside, I feel a duty (a feminist duty, in fact) to say this about Palin's declaration: If she has the guts to call herself a feminist, then she's entitled to be accepted as one.
Now, while a part of me agrees with Daum's perspective, another part of me agrees with the in-your-face take offered by Kate Harding, who wrote on Jezebel that:
The problem is, words mean things. I could start calling myself a red meat conservative, or campaign for those of us who are against the death penalty to "reclaim" the term "pro-life," but at some point, the relationship between your beliefs and your choice of words either passes the sniff test or it doesn't. And someone who actively seeks to restrict women's freedom calling herself a feminist is, not to put too fine a point on it, a liar. There's a difference between a big tent and no boundaries whatsoever; if Palin's "entitled to be accepted" as a feminist just because she says she's one, then the word is completely meaningless–as opposed to merely vague and controversial. And I might just start calling myself a "right-winger" because I'm right-handed, or a "fundamentalist" because I believe everyone deserves a solid primary education, or a "birther" because I once hosted a baby shower.
Is she or isn't she?? More troubling that all of this, to me, though, is this: it seems that what's really happening here is that feminism is again being reduced to an issue of reproductive rights. Don't get me wrong: I happen to believe a woman's right to choose is critically, critically important–and while I find it nothing short of ludicrous to call an anti-choice argument "feminist," something (else) about this entire debate rubs me wrong (and not just the high-school-clique-ish nature of the whole does she belong or doesn't she question). I just think that every time we frame feminism as about abortion rights and nothing more, we take the focus off of what it's really all about. And that is, of course, that women are people–people who deserve equal access, representation, freedom, pay, and support from all aspects of the social structures that circumscribe their lives. And while feminism may indeed be nothing more than the radical notion that women are people, a feminist is someone who puts her money (or her votes) where her rhetoric is. So, Sarah, call yourself whatever you want. But talk is cheap–and your record speaks for itself.


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This message was sent by President Obama today:
Early this morning, the last of our troops left Iraq.
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After the enormous success of her earlier book Sarah's Key, and the subsequent movie hit, I must say I was a little disappointed with her second novel. Although the story is interesting enough and definitely kept my attention, the secret was not kept well enough because I had it figured out very early on, and I did not find it as shocking as the author seems to think.
Set in France, a brother surprises his sister with a nostalgia visit to an island they used to vacation on as children. Revisiting this setting unleashes a troublesome memory which distracts the sister enough while driving to cause a serious car accident. The tragedy sets off a series of events which become revealing in a number of different ways. The story focuses on love, family, and the power memory holds on our lives. It explores various relationships and how we view our past and people like our parents.
The setting of the story is unique and makes me want to go there. Le Gois is a causeway leading to the island of Noirmoutier. The passage has limited access because it becomes covered by the tides, rendering it a dangerous crossing and regularly impossible. It becomes a powerful symbol in the book.


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The aptly-initialed Paul Ryan pulled quite the PR stunt last week. Did you catch the video of Ryan's uninvited Ohio soup kitchen visit, and watch him "scrub" an already clean pot?
The head of a northeast Ohio charity says that the Romney campaign last week "ramrodded their way" into the group's Youngstown soup kitchen so that GOP vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan could get his picture taken washing dishes in the dining hall.
"We're a faith-based organization; we are apolitical because the majority of our funding is from private donations," Antal said in a phone interview Monday afternoon. "It's strictly in our bylaws not to do it. They showed up there, and they did not have permission. They got one of the volunteers to open up the doors."
He added: "The photo-op they did wasn't even accurate. He did nothing. He just came in here to get his picture taken at the dining hall."
Ryan's Soup Kitchen Visit Doesn't Wash (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Paul Ryan expects us to cheer:
He's a soup kitchen fake volunteer!
Watch him scrub a clean pot
In his sham, cooked up spot,
As he schemes to make OUR lives austere.


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Earlier this week, Fritz posted a nod to a fascinating post on 5000 entitled "Bicycle Wayfinding in the Early 21st Century"
Interstitial spaces are those un-mapped, informal nooks, crannies, and shortcuts. Traveling off the grid. Cyclists who ride in urban areas are probably very familiar with these dark alleyways, parking garages, little paved paths or dirt alleys between urban homes and the like. If you don't, you should start keeping your eyes open for them.
I use interstitial paths almost every single day, and their ubiquity isn't limited to dense, urban streetscapes. Closer to home in suburbia, I cut through business parks...
... industrial complexes ...
... grassy public areas (even when it pisses Chris off)...
... and even church parking lots, parks, little paths between cul-de-sacs and the like. What do they have in common? You won't see any of them on any map. Even the paths that look like roads show up only on aerial view, but they're highly unofficial dead-ends on street maps.
Here in KC, Mark Thomas has shown me several really nifty shortcuts, including access paths under high-voltage suburban power lines, dried stream beds, aqueducts, drainage tunnels and a host of other un-seen infrastructure ready for use by people who don't feel the need to stay between the painted lines. That was two years ago, and he continues to show me more of them, but I quickly learned to look for them on my own.
Brian's post is long, but worth the read. It links to resources, makes statements and shows photos that I can't possibly rival here without flat-out plagiarizing the original work. I agree with almost all of it.
Knowing the ins and outs of these off-the-map routes is actually pretty important if you plan on getting around town efficiently without the use of a car. I'd argue it's just as important as knowing the "goldmine" lesser-traveled and safer through streets and maybe more important than understanding the transit infrastructure in your area.
Staying on the lookout for new paths you didn't know about is key. Dropping what you're doing for a few minutes and exploring a new potential shortcut is the best way to get started. Since bicycles blur the line between vehicle and pedestrian, use it to your advantage, within reason! That is to say tear-assing through granny's flower garden or bubba's back yard isn't recommended. As for the "Private Drive" stuff? I usually see people on their smoke breaks as I pass through. They're friendly and wave. After years of this, I've never caught any flack for it. The second I'm told to knock it off, I'll find a detour.
Brian got me thinking about cataloging some of these little byways. Maybe I will get around to that some day.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Tricks of the Trade: Hidden Paths
Earlier this week, Fritz posted a nod to a fascinating post on 5000 entitled "Bicycle Wayfinding in the Early 21st Century"
4 comments:
- Sirrus Rider said...
Looks like you just made a good start just now.. :)
- June 11, 2009 12:57 AM
- Scott Redd said...
Excellent post, and great advice. All the more reason to commute by bike.
I've always been a fan of the idea that the best way to get somewhere on a bike isn't always the shortest. You also should factor in scenery, safety, and perhaps grade rather than think, "how would I go by automobile?"
- June 11, 2009 7:53 AM
- Brian J. McNely said...
Fantastic post, Noah!
Thank you so much for graciously mentioning and linking to my post on bicycle wayfinding. I'm glad it was of interest!
- June 12, 2009 7:42 AM
- amidnightrider said...
Over time, much of my commute has turned into an "off the beaten path" ride.
- June 12, 2009 10:22 AM
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Congratulations to "JoAn V.", the winner in Maureen's giveaway. Thank you to all who participated!
Hello all! There was a cancellation so I decided to pop in and say hi to everyone, and to share some pictures from last weekend's ESCAPE INTO BOOKS book signing in Atlanta. Several JUST ROMANTIC SUSPENSE authors were in attendance!
|Maureen A. Miller
Escape Into Books was a free multi-genre, independent book signing event. It featured authors at different stages in their career, from veteran New York Times and USA Today Bestselling authors to new authors who were attending their first signing. There were over 30 authors in attendance. It made for quite an entertaining day for readers to experience a wide array of authors, and to pick up some fun swag!
I was there showcasing my BLUE-LINK romantic suspense series. I had blue diamonds on my table because the series features an enigmatic woman who wears a blue diamond ring and runs the global company, Blue-Link.
The lovely and talented, Misty Evans was there promoting her SCVC TASKFORCE romantic suspense series along with her SHADOW FORCE INTERNATIONAL romantic suspense series.
I was a little melancholy because I had to leave my puppy at home. It was my first time away from her. Some of you may have seen her on my Facebook page. She's a nine-month-old Corgi entering her tweenage phase. Misty's little ones are so well-behaved, they got to come along! No, they're not hiding under the table, but that would have been fun! :)
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|Dianna Love, Misty Evans, Maureen A. Miller
What are your thoughts on giant book signing events? Are you more apt to head out to the book signing of a specific author, or do you like the idea of browsing past a diverse group of authors and seeing all your reading options?
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|A Year in Chicken Soup - Jewish Penicillin
A Year in Chicken Soup
A new series by Hattie Garlick
A friend's grandmother, a holocaust survivor, recently turned ninety-five. Surveying her life, she gave the following advice to young women: "be happy every day, eat, wear a scarf and don't marry a schmendrick."
It seemed like a good idea to heed her tip-off, and make Jewish chicken soup the second 'chicken soup from around the globe' to be cooked in our Comfort Food Cafe. ... (read on)
|A Year in Chicken Soup - Da's Cambodian Chicken Soup
A new series by
Hattie Garlick
As Cambodians wake and shake their dreams from their slumbering limbs, they face a real working day that is likely to revolve around rice. According to a recent report by the New York Times, 80 per cent of the population work on the paddies. Which explains why Da, a Cambodian now transplanted to the urban fringes of London, says that Chicken Rice Soup — or borbo sach moan — runs in her veins. … (read on)
|A Year in Chicken Soup - Ghanaian Nkatenkwan
A Year in Chicken Soup
|A Year in Chicken Soup - Mexican Pozole
Hattie Garlick
A Year in Chicken Soup
with La Jacana
I've had to source some difficult ingredients for previous chicken soups – a kosher boiler chicken, memorably, and pepper from a particular province of Cambodia. This has to rank as the trickiest, though. For Mexico's contribution to The Year in Chicken Soup I had to find a baby of less than 40 days old. .... (read on)
|A Year in Chicken Soup
A Year in Chicken Soup
A new series by Hattie Garlick
I am deep within the annual existential crisis otherwise know as The January Spring Clean. Literally so: I'm up to my knees in books, flung from their roosts on the book shelves in a desperate attempt to Get Rid Of This Infernal Clutter. I lift one at random and blow a film of dust from its decorative cover... (read on)
|A Year in Chicken Soup - Avgolemono
A Year in Chicken Soup
A new series by Hattie Garlick
The first lesson of chicken soup club is this: you do not choose your chicken soup, your chicken soup chooses you.
As soon as I announce my plans to cook a different incarnation of the classic comfort food every month for a year, the Chicken Soup Conflict erupts. "My grandmother's Jewish penicillin is THE best!!!" emails a vague acquaintance. "Mexican chicken soup! Which other country actively encourages you to take both chocolate and tequila with your cure?" texts a friend. (read on)
|A Year in Chicken Soup - Hassan's Shakriya
A Year in Chicken Soup
A series by Hattie Garlick
Have you read Only in London, by Hanan Al Shaykh? There's a passage in it that describes one of the main characters, freshly arrived in the UK, making a to-do list.
'This is going to become my country' she writes, 'I've stopped living a temporary life'. And so, she must learn to speak English properly, look for a job and.... read on
|A Year in Chicken Soup - Bengali Chicken Curry
A Year in Chicken Soup
A series by Hattie Garlick
Eid Mubarak! As I type, the smell of toasted spices and marinated meat sinews through the window, open to the cold air just a fraction of a gap. Below, small groups gather excitedly on doorsteps before disappearing within, behind warm lit windows that glow enticingly in the darkness. (read on)
|A Year in Chicken Soup - Cock-a-leekie
A Year in Chicken Soup
Join Hattie Garlick for the final instalment of A Year in Chicken Soup. After twelve months of culinary globetrotting via soups from Cambodia to Syria, Mexico to Nigeria, she returns to these shores for a final get-together with friends old and new round a soothing bowl of cock-a-leekie.


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Review: Peno
If you've ever eaten at a friend's house where Grandma from the old country does most of the cooking, that's what chef Pepe Kehm is trying to do in Peno, his new spot in Clayton. It is plopped in the center of a residential neighborhood, The Moorlands, in a storefront that was most recently a pizza place, and before that, a cleaners.
With only 25 seats, this is a little like eating at someone's house. Kehm, who moves from table to table to greet diners, explains the food is home-style, like his own family in Calabria (southern Italy) would have served. He calls the offerings 'southern Italy soul food,' so expect to see dishes that don't conform to our idea of traditional Italian.
Like the Rice with Chicken Livers & Lentils ($5) on the 'Contorno' (sides) list. Or the Savory Truffle Cannoli ($6), our starter. A sweet, crunchy cannoli tube was stuffed with truffle oil-laced ricotta and served with a large ramekin of truffle custard with truffle ragu. Some elements were great, others struck me as odd, but maybe that is what Kehm is doing: shaking up our notions of Italian cuisine. The custard, served with well-oiled crostini, was delicious, with a topping of deeply flavored demi-glace and shaved truffles. I found the cannoli, though, too sweet for a savory treatment.
The entree menu is nicely varied, with plenty of both fish and meat, as well as pizza choices if that's your preference. The Calamari ($10.95), rings of tender squid, was very good. Its sauce was deep and rich with well-concentrated flavors, most notably fish stock and wine. For this dish, you need the bread basket ($2.50) to sop up all that deliciousness. The breads are housemade and very good, including slices of moist cornbread and chunks of grainy peasant bread, some of them oiled and herbed.
The Tutto Mare special one night ($18) had clams, mussels, halibut and swordfish in a tomato broth with oregano flavor and lightly seasoned with red pepper flakes and shiitake mushrooms.
A special of Braciole ($15) was quite good, served with potatoes au gratin. The classic dish of thinly pounded beef, filled and rolled up was nicely done. The typical filling is breadcrumb, but here, the beef is rolled around sliced salami, spinach and a hard-boiled egg, resulting in interesting layers. The accompanying potatoes were delicious and buttery.
Our anchovy pizza, called the Don Michael, was ordered Sicilian style ($18), with a very thick, bready crust and light on the tomato and cheese. That's OK; it had plenty of salty, briny anchovy flavor and some nice, fresh thyme.
The Roasted Leg of Lamb ($17) had slices of meat with gravy and a side of rice with chicken livers. The lamb was too gamey for my taste, and while I appreciate good chicken livers, something about these was a little off.
Desserts are made in-house, too, and we sampled the Calabrian Candy Bar ($5), which had a good zabaglione sauce on top and came with excellent buttery cookies. But the bar itself was nothing more than a chocolate log of ganache. Another dessert option, Grand Marnier Cannoli was very good, a light tube filled with ricotta, pistachios and chocolate chips.
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the scene | Tiny neighborhood eatery with Calabrian food
the prices | $8 to $13 antipasti, $13 to $17 entrees, $15 to $18 pizzas
the chef | Pepe Kehm
the favorites | Sautéed Calamari, Roasted Cauliflower with Tomato & Breadcrumbs, Eggplant Involtini, Tutto Mare
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pedigree | I trained in Brittany, France.
favorite ingredient | Broth
favorite cookbnook | Essential Pepin by Jacques Pépin
favorite st. louis restaurant | Michael's Bar & Grill
most memorable dining experience | Restaurant Maxime Crouzil in Plancoët, France
guilty pleasure | Artisan bread
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The purpose of the Endowment is for the purchase of books and materials as directed by the Dean of the Libraries for areas of greatest need.
William Orville "Mr. Bill" Turnbull was born and raised in Iowa . He studied at the University of Iowa and the US Naval War College, serving in the US Navy from 1938 until his retirement as a commander in 1962. Mr. Turnbull was serving aboard the USS Tennessee when the Japanese attacked and continued with the ship until 1943. He received many medals and commendations throughout his military career. He was director emeritus of the MOAA (Military Officers Association of America), and also was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.
After his retirement he moved to Washington and attended the University of Washington, graduating with his teaching certificate in 1969. He went to work for the Bremerton School District in 1970. He was active in the Bremerton Education Association, and served as president from 1984 to 1988. He then was elected to the Bremerton School Board, serving from 1988 to 1998.
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This is my brother's car. I've been tasked with selling it for him because he's now away for work. I will answer any questions as best I can, but he works in some sort of top-secret-kill-me-if-i-asked placed where phones are prohibited, so it may take a day or two for me to get back to you on the questions.
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Driver side seat bolster is worn
Floormats are not the OEM STO mats
I'll have to check to see what maint papers/receipt he has because he was a helo-mechanic in the Marines and liked to do his own maintenance.
Bra is tattered
Small dings, but no major dents, a few scratches
Plastic trim around license plate is cracked, someone backed into him in a parking lot.
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Recently published research from Euromonitor International, "Other Pet Food in South Korea", is now available at Fast Market Research
Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/28/2014 -- Other pet food recorded 11% value growth to reach sales of around Won660 million in 2013. This growth mainly stemmed from the growth of the small mammal/reptile food category, which posted a 12% value increase. Both fish and bird food posted declines as a result of the declining fish and static bird populations, with these types of pets seeing a drop in popularity. However, there was increasing demand for rare pets such as porcupines, reptiles and ferrets in South Korea, which resulted in the...
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By guest blogger, Gordon Bond.
I have to admit that I knew little about Union County before moving to Union Township in 2009. My (now) wife at least had the excuse of having transplanted from Washington State. I, on the other hand, being the self-described proud native of the Garden State, had less of an excuse. It's not that I hadn't ventured into the area before—Cranford is the home of Amateur Astronomers, Inc., the astronomy club I belong to. And I worked for a short time in a Westfield ad agency. But when Stephanie and I decided to look for a larger apartment together, Union County was among the places we looked. A real estate agent we were working with took us to look at possibilities in Union Township. With little else to base a decision on, one thing that caught our eye as we were driven around were the blue signs along the way. Longtime residents may pass these by, but we recognized immediately that those blue signs commemorated some historic event or place nearby.
That meant Union had a history… and Stephanie and I are unabashed history geeks. She works in Manhattan as an architectural historian and conservator. After a twenty year stint in the graphic design business, I've created www.GardenStateLegacy.com, a website and free online quarterly magazine dedicated to New Jersey history, and have begun a midlife crisis career as a history writer. All things being equal, those blue signs counted in Union Township's favor as far as we were concerned. A community that advertised its history was someplace worth calling home.
And, an inexpensive rent on a larger space in a neighborhood we felt safe taking walks in later, that's just what we did.
After unpacking and settling in, I began delving into what those blues signs were all about. To say there is a lot of history in the area is truly an understatement. After all, a fifteen minute drive from our apartment brings me to the heart of Elizabeth, a town founded in 1665. It would have to be a profoundly dull place indeed to make it almost 350 years and not have something of interest happen there.
And that doesn't even include the history of the Lenape who lived here before the European invasion or the prehistoric animals that tromped about. Indeed, there is a vast array of history that can be explored around here depending on your tastes.
But in focusing on my more immediate backyard, I discovered that the area was the scene of a lesser-known but actually rather important battle during the American Revolution. People actually fought and died not far from where I now sit as I write this.
One fact needs to be mentioned up front—what we now call Union Township was, back in the day, known as Connecticut Farms. That was because those who settled there in 1667 were from the colony of Connecticut. Evidently, "Connecticut" is itself an Anglicized version of the Algonquian word "quinatucquet," meaning "upon the long river." It was incorporated as Union Township on November 23, 1808. It wasn't the most creative of names—there are two other Union Townships in New Jersey and it's one of 116 in the U.S. (Indiana, Kansas and Ohio have dozens of them each). But at least it's less confusing than including the name of another state in it.
Geographically, Connecticut Farms lay around four miles northwest of Elizabeth—a position that would come to be strategic during the American War for Independence. In the spring of 1780, British and Hessian troops occupied Staten Island while General George Washington and his Continentals were hunkered down for the winter and Morristown. Between them were the Watching Mountains. While calling them "mountains" might be a bit of an exaggeration—they are also known by the more accurate and picturesque name, Blue Hills—they presented a formidable enough barrier. They are actually three low ridges, formed some 200 million years ago by volcanic activity, ranging in height from around 400 to 500 feet and cutting across the northwestern corner of the state. The one opening was where two branches of the Rahway River converged, in what was called Hobart Gap, now threaded by Route 20. If the British wanted to attack Washington, they would have to do it by that gap.
And that's just what Hessian General Wilhelm Reichsfreiher zu Innhausen und Knyphausen was contemplating that spring in 1780. More commonly referred to as simply General Knyphausen—and by American troops at the time as "Ol'Knyp"—he commanded some 6,000 soldiers. Most were his German mercenaries, Hessians who took their name from the Hesse or Hessia principality, who had been hired by England to do some of the dirty work of putting down the rebellions in their North American colonies. They had little personal investment in the conflict aside from a paycheck, but Knyphausen understood their temperaments well enough to inspire them into the fight. Also among his 6,000 men were British regiments and even units comprised of American Loyalists.
Looking over this sizeable force must have emboldened Knyphausen, particularly in view of the reports his spies were returning. It had been another rough winter on Washington's men at Morristown where a combination of disease and desertions left him with only around 3,500 men standing—and those were suffering morale issues besides. The Hessian leader saw an opportunity to crush the weakened Continentals at Morristown, dealing a severe—perhaps even decisive—blow to the hopes of the rebels throughout America.
Between Knyphausen and the critical Hobart Gap lay the town of Springfield. If he could seize that, he could control the Gap. The people of New Jersey seemed weary of the war. Stuck between New York and Philadelphia, both sides looked upon the farms as one big larder to be raided to supply cold, hungry soldiers. Knyphausen had no reason to think they would put up much more than a token fight.
But, between Springfield and where he planned on landing his troops at Elizabethtown also lay the sleepy little village of Connecticut Farms.
At midnight of June 6, 1780, the combined British and Hessian forces boarded boats and crossed over to Elizabethtown Point. As the sun rose on the 7th, they began their seven mile march towards Springfield. Resistance was light but lucky. A shot managed to badly wounded Brigadier General Thomas Stirling, generating enough confusion that they lost valuable time. If you've been to Liberty Hall Museum over by Kean University, you've been near where the orchard stood that gave cover to the man responsible for wounding Stirling. Around 60 New Jersey militiamen, under command of Ensign Moses Ogden, fought a rearguard action there. There was no way the Americans could stand and fight head-to-head with the superior numbers of the invaders. So they opted instead for brief skirmishes that would delay the advance and buy time for assembling a more respectable defense further along. Ogden and his men were quickly scattered, but around a quarter of a mile down the road was waiting Colonel Elias Dayton with a detachment of the New Jersey Continental Brigade and more militia. They took another swing at the enemy before falling back to Connecticut Farms.
By 8:00 a.m., the British 1st Division reached the village. They were met by Brigadier William Maxwell and his New Jersey Brigade who managed to hold their ground for some three hours of pitch battles. The Americans made use of the cover of buildings and trees—something the British and Hessians were not necessarily used to. The European tradition of battle involved rows of smartly-uniformed soldiers, wheeling about in lockstep and facing off against each other in the open. Taking cover behind something was considered cowardly and unsporting. Since the French and Indian Wars, the American militias saw no shame in what today is called guerilla tactics. "The Rebels, as they often did," Knyphausen would later write, "withdrew from house to house and from wood path to wood path, resisting with all means available."
They Jerseymen held the village as long as they could, until British and Hessian reinforcements arrived and drove them back at last. Seizing Connecticut Farms, the British and Hessian soldiers looted homes burned a dozen homes. All the while, Washington was on his way and sent his personal Guard unit of 153 men under Major Caleb Gibbs on ahead to do what they could. They charged a Hessian unit but after losing three killed and four wounded, Gibbs too had to fall back.
Historians say that this Battle of Connecticut Farms was tactical British victory but a strategic American victory. In the short term, the Americans lost; Connecticut Farms was sacked. But in engaging with the enemy as well as they managed, the Americans stalled the advance until the onset of night forced Knyphausen to withdraw back to Staten Island. It was a prudent, if disappointing move on Ol'Knyp's part. He had expected to have taken Springfield by the end of the day, but it was still in American hands, as was the higher ground of the Watchung Hills. He had Connecticut Farms, but it was doubtful his tired men could hold it through the night and his supply lines back to Staten Island would be cut off. As it was, their retreat was accompanied by further skirmishes and the capture of one of the British soldiers trying to guard the road to Elizabethtown.
It was perhaps that mounting sense of frustration on the part of the British and Hessians that had led to the looting and burning of the village. Not that this was the first time such violence against civilians had happened in the war, nor was it endemic to the British and Hessians. But one incident in particular has gone down in history and is—oddly—even recalled in Union Township's official seal.
A stray musket shot had killed a civilian identified only as "Ball." But it was another civilian's death that would generate tremendous outrage. The Reverend James Caldwell had been tending his congregation in Elizabethtown, but with the war on, he went off to tend to the spiritual needs of Washington's soldiers instead, serving as their chaplain at Morristown. With the British just over the Arthur Kill in Staten Island, his wife, Hannah, and their children, were staying in a house at Connecticut Farms. During the battle, she was shot dead as she sat there with her children.
And that's about as much as we can reliably say for a fact.
The exact circumstances of Hannah Caldwell's death entered into legend almost immediately. Some said it was a stray bullet—an accident. Some say it was intentional—a murder. In some accounts it was a Hessian who fired the fatal shot, in others a Redcoat. She may have been sitting on the bed or standing by the window. A baby may have been in her arms or there might have been a little boy pulled back from the window by a servant, Abigail Lennington, and the motion caused a jittery infantryman to pull the trigger. It may have been one ball that struck her, or it could have been two from a double-loaded musket.
Certainly from the perspective of the Americans, this was propaganda gold—the wife of a minister brutally shot in cold blood, with a babe in her arms, by a cruel and monstrous enemy of liberty! What better rallying cry! If they could kill the wife of a clergyman, what other depredation were they capable of?
But amateur historians, lured by patriotic drama, are equally guilty of embellishing the tale. But, perhaps mostly oddly, the event is featured on Union County's official seal—making it perhaps the only county in the nation whose emblem is a murder! And likely an inaccurate representation at that. Mrs. Caldwell is shown standing on the porch of the house (all accounts place her inside), hands flung in the air while a Hessian-looking soldier fires the fatal shot.
Whatever the case—and we may never know what really happened—the reality remains that the poor woman was indeed killed, leaving a grieving husband and children.
General von Knyphausen was not one to give up easily. With encouragement from Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton, the British commander-in-chief in North America, they would try the plan again two weeks later. But this time there would be a two-pronged approach, as opposed to the more basic one-punch assault of before.
One column would leave Elizabethtown along Galloping Hill Road and head for the already harassed Connecticut Farms and on to secure Springfield. A second would bypass Springfield on Vauxhall Road to the north and head for Hobart Gap, where they would meet and continue on over the relatively flat ground to Morristown. Clinton believed this would draw Washington to send the main part of his army around the northern part of the Watchung Hills, just west of Newark, in what would appear to Washington as a logical opportunity to hit the column's right flank. If he took the bait, however, Clinton had positioned Major General Alexander Leslie up the Hudson Rover with 6,000 men to cut off Washington from the safety of the Watchung Hills while Major General James Robertson sat at Elizabethtown with 1,865 men ready to protect the rear of the columns and reinforce Leslie.
Anticipating another assault, the Americans had a small guard at Elizabethtown and Major General Nathanael Greene sat at Springfield with around 2,400 men. Sure enough, at 5:00 a.m. on June 23rd, the enemy reinvaded Elizabethtown Point, easily sweeping away the minor American forces and even managing to capture three small cannons and some men. But enough escaped to alert the rest that the enemy was on the way.
Brigadier William Maxwell sent Colonel Elias Dayton to guard Galloping Hill Road and Henry Lee to guard Vauxhall Road. He positioned troops in three defensive lines along Galloping Hill Road and near the bridge on Vauxhall and they dug in. After a brief engagement, Maxwell fell back to Connecticut Farms. At first, the Americans were able to hold the village, outnumbering the initial British assault two-to-one. But reinforcements turned the tide and the Americans lost Connecticut Farms for a second time.
Attention was now turned to the bridge on Galloping Hill Road, where it crossed the Rahway River. Knyphausen made a direct assault with some 3,000 troops while he sent the bulk of his army north to Vauxhall Road in hopes of outflanking the defenders of the Galloping Hill bridge. Knyphausen's force swung six cannon into position and began bombarding the Americans, who only had a single cannon with which to answer. Nevertheless, they managed to stave off two enemy charges as the countryside thundered with an all-out artillery battle.
Rev. James Caldwell, whose wife had been killed at the Battle of Connecticut Farms, was on the scene. When the gun ran low on paper wadding, he was said to have grabbed an armful of hymn books published by the English clergyman Isaac Watts. The pages were torn out and used as the Reverend allegedly entreated the soldiers to "Give 'em Watts, boy!" Whether more apocryphal than true, the Americans held on as long as they could. Two British regiments and Hessian Jagers forded the river and over the next nearly half an hour, slugged it out, moving tree to tree and at last drove the American back. Seeing they couldn't hold the line any longer, General Greene ordered them to fall back to Bryant's Tavern up on the higher ground of the Short Hills.
Springfield was, at last, Knyphausen's.
A similar drama was played out at the bridge on Vauxhall Road. An artillery bombardment pushed the American back in a fighting retreat all the way to the Short Hills. Seeing the Americans on the higher ground, however, and the arrival of reinforcements convinced Major General Edward Mathew to halt the advance and join Knyphausen at Springfield.
Yet, here again, though the British and Hessians had achieved the immediate goals of taking the town, the ultimate prize of Morristown and Washington's Continentals seemed pushed even further out of their grasp, the path clogged by an ever-growing number of American militiamen. While defenders of Connecticut Farms and Springfield lost the towns, they did manage to delay the enemy long enough for those new troops and cannon to get into position in the hills, making reaching the Hobart Gap seem increasingly like a deadly fool's errand.
By midnight, Knyphausen ordered another retreat to Staten Island, but first had the entire town of Springfield leveled except for four Loyalist houses. The retreats, back down Vauxhall and Galloping Hill roads, was harassed by snipers the whole way.
The residents Connecticut Farms and Springfield had sacrificed much in lost homes, property and lives. Yet their show of strength between the two battles convinced the British command that New Jersey was lost. Indeed, the whole of the northern colonies were conceded as they concentrated their efforts further south instead. Between the two battles, the British lost 25 killed, 234 wounded and 48 missing. The Continentals lost 35 killed, 139 wounded, 10 prisoners and 22 missing. This was no small skirmish.
"They flew to arms universally and acted with a spirit equal to anything I have seen in the course of the war," Washington later wrote of the militiamen who flocked to the battles.
As I sit at my desk writing this on a rainy October afternoon, I can hear the traffic along Galloping Hill Road. I can peer out my window and see where British and Hessian troops once marched up in hopeful anticipation of a decisive victory. And back down again in frustrated retreat. Right in my own Union County backyard was the tipping point—where America first really began to slip from the grasp of the greatest military power of the age.
Obviously, this is but one of many, many stories that give Union County a certain pride of place and I'm still learning stuff.
I'm sure glad we noticed those blue signs!


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Barron's Bounce: Time to Buy Gold Mining Stocks?
Jack Otter and Sam Mamudi discuss the contrarian case for miners, plus: Why shares of Chiquita are shooting higher.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Weather Blog: Comfy cool to warm and steamy
Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 blog! A taste of fall or as we like to call it June-tober is back. Cooler than average temperatures will not last too long, as a very warm and steamy airmass is looming.
Let's start with a recap of unseasonably cool low temperatures in parts of Wisconsin to start Tuesday. Frost was common in northern Wisconsin -- yep it's June 18!
- Land O' Lakes 32
- Superior 32
- Ashland 32
- Rhinelander 38
- Milwaukee 53 (Average Low 58)
Cool high pressure responsible for the chilly morning, will linger across the western Great Lakes through Thursday. The WPC surface forecast map below is valid at 7am Wednesday. Expect another cool and crisp morning across the Great Lakes. The warm front over South Dakota will inch across the upper Midwest Thursday and Friday. This will deliver a huge warm-up to southeast Wisconsin.
The very warm temperatures expected for the Midwest were forecast by Weather Watch 12 back in MAY using the LRC, or Lezak's Recurring Cycle. The LRC is a weather pattern theory that allows for pinpoint forecasts to be made weeks or months in advance. Knowing the cycle duration and past pattern, we were able to project forward and pinpoint warmer temperatures for this coming weekend almost a month in advance!
Here is part of our discussion from the MAY 30 Weather Watch 12 blog highlighting the warm-up.
With the feature poised to return around June 21-23 the warmest temperatures that we see during June may occur during this timeframe. Most likely the warmest day would be either June 21 or 22. If highs reach 90 degrees during June, this may be one of the best opportunities.
The feature referenced in the blog is showing up on several computer models we use for forecasting the weather each day. The 500mb(middle of the atmosphere) map for Saturday, June 22 is shown below. With a ridge or high pressure in place from the Mississippi River to the East coast, a southwest flow will bring very warm and humid weather into the Midwest.
Temperatures should respond by warming well into the 80s. Highs around 90 are possible too, but will hinge on the lack of a lake breeze and also rain holding off during the late morning or afternoon.
Below is the GFS computer model temperature forecast valid at 1pm Saturday. Notice the warm air across southern Wisconsin. The warm readings will be accompanied by potentially the first dew points in the 70s this season. Look for a very warm and humid weekend with chances for showers and thunderstorms.
Right now it appears that the final 10 days of June should overall have above average temperatures. This period will likely pull our current below average start to June, to near average by the end of the month.
For the latest weather information watch WISN 12 News, and for updates throughout the day follow me on Twitter @jnelsonweather
Have a great day!
Jeremy Nelson


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The first political prisoner campaign I got involved in after Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer were released on September 21, 2011, was the Free Saeed Malekpour campaign.
Saeed is a 36 year old Canadian permanent resident, who was arrested in Iran in October 2008, a few days after he had arrived from Canada to visit his ill father. Saeed's father died from a brain tumour shortly after Saeed was imprisoned.
Saeed was sentenced to death on October 2010. The only evidence used to condemn Saeed to death are false confessions he gave two years ago while subjected to physical and psychological torture. Iran's Supreme Court subsequently repealed his death sentence due to discrepancies in his case file. The Supreme Court mandated the Revolutionary Court to conduct a full judicial review into the discrepancies. Despite that ruling, the court reinstated Saeed's death sentence in November 2011, and the Supreme Court upheld it.
According to Ann Harrison, Amnesty International's interim Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa:
"By confirming Saeed Malekpour's death sentence after an unfair trial, the Iranian authorities are sending a message to Iranians not to freely express their views, or even to help others to do so, including on the internet."
I learned of the renewed urgency of Saeed's case from Marina Nemat, author of Prisoner of Tehran and After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed, based on her experience of being arrested in Iran at age 16, and imprisoned for two years. I met her at a moving talk she gave in Toronto about "living through trauma, and the power of telling one's story."
I bought her first book during the imprisonment of Josh, Shane and Sarah, but could not bring myself to read it. I was traumatized enough knowing that Saeed was being held hostage in Evin prison that I feared what knowing the details of his imprisonment would do to me. I feared being in so much pain that I would be unable to fight for his freedom.
It was very healing for me to feel such an instant connection with Marina because of our overlapping experiences, and to hear her great joy about the final freedom for Josh, Shane, Sarah and all of us who fought so hard for them through our intense pain. She urged me to get involved in the campaigns of Canadian citizens, and permanent residents on death row in Iran. As a Canadian citizen myself, speaking out for fellow Canadians felt like a necessary next step.
Marina connected me with Maryam Nayeb Yazdi, a human rights activist who coordinates the campaign to free Saeed. Maryam and I also connected very easily through our overlapping experiences and shared passion for justice. She too was compelled to fight for Saeed as a fellow Canadian. She told me that she was grateful to have the opportunity to learn from my experience with the Free the Hikers campaign. It was heartwarming for me to hear that something constructive could come from such a traumatic time for me. It was even more heartwarming for me to hear her say,
"The release of Sarah, Shane, and Josh from Evin gave me hope that we could do the same for Saeed, and the hundreds of others unlawfully imprisoned in Iran."
Soon after I started sharing news about Saeed's case on my online platforms, I received a joint invitation from Maryam and the International Centre for Human Rights in Iran (ICHR) to speak at a rally for Saeed outside the Iranian Embassy in Ottawa.
When I asked Ardeshir Zarezadeh, Executive Director of ICHR, to explain what compels him to fight for Saeed, he cited the false accusations and grave injustices against Saeed; along with his grossly unfair trial, and false confessions made under torture. It was clear that he has grown accustomed to defending Saeed.
I sensed that he was driven by something much more personal, as so many in the Iranian diaspora are. I asked if he was comfortable sharing his personal motivations. He told me that he knew what being imprisoned in Iran felt like. He was arrested 12 times and spent two years in solitary confinement there.
"I was in jail and I know how hard it is staying in solitary confinement, and being tortured for false confession. When a prisoner gets tortured while in a cell without any connection [to the outside world], it's the end of their world."
I fought with every cell in my body to ensure that Josh, Shane and Sarah knew they were not alone and I am compelled to do the same for Saeed. As I said in my statement outside the Iranian Embassy in Ottawa,
"Like Josh, Shane and Sarah, Saeed needs us to be the voice that is being stolen from him. He needs us to fight for the human rights he is being denied. He needs us to fight for his life. The life that will be taken from him if we are silent."
Please add your voice to mine. Please contact the Prime Minister of Canada and ask him to intervene in Saeed Malekpour's case. Join Farahway Global on Facebook and Twitter for further calls for action, and the latest updates regarding his case.


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Over and Out
So that's it. It's done. Over. Turn the page, put the cat out, or whatever else you wanna say. The Blue Jays 2006 season is complete, and so is my rookie season on a Major League beat. So for those of you aspiring journalists out there, here are a few things I've learned in year No. 1:
- I know what an ulnar collateral ligament is, where it's located, what it's for, and I can type it with my eyes closed. Thank you A.J. Burnett and Gustavo Chacin.
- Shower shoes are a must. This we learned from Alex Rios and Ty Taubenheim, who each suffered a staph infection. Toronto's clubhouse wasn't actually the source, but the team disinfected it anyway.
- You should always congratulate someone on adopting a baby. Otherwise, it could lead to an angry outburst. Advice courtesy of Shea Hillenbrand (not to say that was the only issue involved with that incident).
- Chewing tobacco can sometimes look like blood. We learned this from John Gibbons and Ted Lilly, who got into a shoving match in August. There were reports that Gibbons received a bloody nose, but it was probably just some of his chew.
- Throwing up in the pressbox bathroom in the Rogers Centre is NOT a good way to end a season. I found this out during Toronto's last home game, and wound up at home in bed, sleeping off the flu before having to catch a 6 a.m. flight to Detroit.
- The tunnel between the visitor's clubhouse and the dugout at Fenway Park is one of the scariest places on Earth. There are puddles in there that have existed since the 1920s.
- Bars in The Big Apple are open until 4 a.m. I learned this while visiting my old college roommate during the first trip to New York. It's all well and good, that is until you're out eating a slice of pizza at 4:30 in the morning and you have to cover a day game in a few hours.
- If you want to go see the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, arrange for a cab to pick you up ahead of time. I waited by that stupid red bridge for over an hour before I could get the cab company to send a guy to pick me up. I got to Oakland just in time to do my pregame work
- When a homeless person in Atlanta offers to walk you to your hotel, say no. When he offers to protect you "from the other bums," say no with more emphasis. When he says he got beat up by other homeless people and wound up in a hospital, and has the hospital bracelet and a bottle of pills he in his hand as proof, start thinking about running. When he asks you for some money, tell him you only have Canadian cash. That's when he'll leave you alone. Atlanta homeless guys can't use loonies.
- There are PF Chang's Chinese restaurants in Denver, Tampa, Seattle, Boston, and Kansas City. And they are all just as spectacular in each city.
- Finally, I learned that it IS possible to wake up in Florida, grab lunch in Canada, and meet up with friends in Grand Rapids, Mich., all in the same day. That's the life of a sportswriter who is asked to stand up in a wedding a day after covering a Blue Jays-Devil Rays game.
There are plenty more little tidbits I'm sure I could write, and many which I probably don't remember at the moment, but might share some time later. For now, that's all I've got.
Toronto finishes in second place, winds up with the most wins in a season since 1998, and heads into the offseason with playoff aspirations for 2007. If you thought expectations were high coming into this year, wait till next season. Tomorrow is the annual conference call with Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi. I'll be blogging more on here tomorrow.
There was talk about a minor celebration that took place inside the visitor's clubhouse at Yankee Stadium on Saturday night. The word is that Troy Glaus sat and watched the end of the Orioles-Red Sox game, and when Boston lost, he and some of Toronto's trainers popped open a bottle of champagne to honor the Jays' second-place finish. If that doesn't show that placing second did mean something to Toronto's players, I don't know what else would.
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Sure second place meant something. These guys are competitors, and I've heard they get money and whatever,but when it comes down to it they just want to win. The pride associated with beating the Red Sox is something they can take away from this year.
The strong finish can only mean good things for this team. Espcially going into the offseason when they try to recruit free agents. They may take J.P. a little more seriously when he tells them this team is moving in the right direction. A man named Vernon Wells may give it a little longer thought when asked if he wants to stick around. There were many positives this year, and I really like where this team is going.
I agree. The Jays are moving in the right direction. It'll be nice to see what pieces JP picks up in the offseason. Tho I believe this team can compete with the talent they have. Tho some extra talent sure won't hurt anything.


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The ending and credits of Batman: Arkham Origins. ***Warning: may contain spoilers***.
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Karlos Dansby got the game ball today after he had a sack, an interception and led the Dolphins with 10 tackles in their 20-9 victory over Washington.
Afterward, Dansby was feeling pretty good about himself. He was feeling so good, he said he's the best linebacker in the NFL.
So I asked him, better than Baltimore's Ray Lewis?
"I'm better than everybody," he answered without pause, prompting me to write a column about it in today's Miami Herald. "Everybody. Period. Point blank. I just haven't had the recognition, man. I'm more versatile than everybody. Period. Pont blank. I'm more versatile than everybody. Hands down. I can do it all. I can take the tight end. I can check the running backs. You don't have to put me in one hole, I aint no hole guy. You can play man-to-man all over the field, man. I can do it all. I can do it all. I can hit guys. I can drop in coverage. I can blitz the quarterback. I got, what, 28 sacks, almost 30 sacks.
"I'm just trying to get my pick game up. I'm trying to get into the 20-20 [interceptions-sacks] club."
Dansby believes he has logical reasons why he thinks he's the best right now.
"I''ve played every position there is at linebacker," he said. "I played sam my first two or three years. I've played the weakside, the Mo. I've played the Will and now I'm playing the Mike. I can do it all. Nobody else can say they've done that and played at a high level. Nobody else. Everybody plays weakside or play under at the Mike. I've done it all. I can press the guard. I watch film."
Brian Urlacher?
"Aging," Dansby said. "He's aging fast, man. He's a great linebacker, but he's aging fast. I respect all the linebckers. But I'm better. That's just how I feel."
I wish I had asked him about Patrick Willis, but at some point, everybody has to mean everybody, in his mind.
If you missed it yesterday, I want to share with you my column that appeared in Sunday's paper about Brandon Marshall. I guarantee you'll come out of that read seeing a different side of Marshall.


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GOP: From hanging chads to hanging chairs
In 2000, a presidential contest between eventual Republican winner George W. Bush and Dem challenger Al Gore, hinged on hanging chads of ballots cast by Florida voters with Bush winning the Sunshine State and 25 valuable electoral votes.
Bush claimed a razor-thin victory with 271 electoral votes, one more than necessary for a walk into the White House for the first of two memorable terms.
This year, America has moved from hanging chads to hanging chairs as President Barack Obama protestors have taken to strapping up empty lawn furniture, a sort of hate lynching of the 44th POTUS.
Nothing quite like a good American lynching to serve notice that a portion of the U.S. electorate would celebrate an old-fashion rope necktie for our first African American (black) president.
Many Americans proclaimed that racism had died, that we had turned the corner following an Obama 2008 win. Instead, anti-black sentiment remains a hot-blooded, red-button issue in a country besieged by ignorance, prejudice and hate mongers.
Rawly stated, there's a "n-ger" in the Caucasian House and a number of white people would prefer a dead Obama rather than four more years of him as front man for the greatest country on the planet, minus the racism, of course.
Excuse the racial epithet but we should admit that while Obama represents the hope and dreams of every young American, his success produces a polarization of attitudes.
GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney complained that 47 percent of people will vote for President Obama no matter what. Mr. Romney, who sounded more like a political victim, owns a similar percentile who stand with him, no matter what. Mr. Romney also failed to mention the 20-percent of Caucasians polled in 2008 who said they could never vote for a black presidential candidate, no matter what.
You could put up President Barack Obama against any other white candidate, probably even a mongrel, and one-fifth of Americans would vote against our current president.
While a plurality of Americans felt like we had passed away and ended up in heaven because voters elected a black president, smarter people understood that the Obama victory would stimulate a push back of people with power.
It's not just happenstance that blacks find themselves in the very worst of conditions since the Obama victory. Blacks remain immersed in high unemployment numbers, draped by deplorable health care statistics, awash in unspeakable violence, and send our kids into the worst school systems, etc.
That's not because Mr. Obama does not care, but this condition of black folk emphasizes the origination of power. Governors control purse strings, especially for New Jersey urban cities such as Atlantic City, Newark, Trenton, Camden, etc. Leaders must dance or deal with a perceived devil like Gov. Chris Christie in order to receive valuable transitional aid.
Trenton experienced such drastic cuts in state support that 100 police officer jobs were cut, crime ratcheted upward as criminals living in a corrupt political system, seized on an opportunity to deal drugs or impose terror on unprotected communities.
Complaints from the Republican camp include their anger that Mr. Romney's private comments at a fundraiser were not for public consumption. News anchors overused "surreptitiously", as if Rommey should not be held responsible for thoughts captured by a hidden camera.
The Romney contingent sounded like a married man who cheats on his wife with a hooker inside a pitch dark Route 1 motel, as if, whispers in black light are less punishable than daylight cheating time.
Meanwhile, actor/director Clint Eastwood delivered an empty-chair interview with President Obama during a Tampa Bay-based Republican National Convention.
Eastwood moved toward climax, telling his passionate listeners that "if somebody (President Obama) does not do the job, then we got to get rid of him."
Television cameras panned an applauding audience as decibels of cheers skyrocketed.
What the cameras failed to show was Eastwood's gesture as the octogenarian geezer raised his index finger and pulled it across his wrinkled throat.
The actor who gave us "Hang 'Em High" pitched a cut him here agenda.
In November 1999, NFL officials outlawed the throat-slash gesture with a letter that depicted the move as "an unacceptable act of violence."
"We know of no interpretation of this act by which it would not be considered threatening or insulting." wrote George Young, the league's vice-president for football operations.
Amazing how one of the world's most physically punishing sports recognized behavior that celebrated violence.
President Barack Obama remains fair game for lynching, dicing or slicing.
Some Repulicans appear to have taken a strategy out of a Malcolm X playbook -- Death to President Barack Obama.
By any means necessary.
L.A. Parker is a Trentonian columnist. Reach him at email@example.com.